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Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. (KJV)
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מַֽעַזְיָ֥הma.'az.YahMaaziah
Lemma: מַעַזְיָהוּ (ma.az.yah) · Strong's: H4590H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Maaziah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4590H; TAHOT Nehemiah 10:8 word 1
בִלְגַּ֖יvil.GaiBilgai
Lemma: בִּלְגַּי (bil.gay) · Strong's: H1084
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Bilgai
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1084; TAHOT Nehemiah 10:8 word 2
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הshe.ma'.YahShemaiah
Lemma: שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ (she.ma.yah) · Strong's: H8098T
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Shemaiah
Used 4 times. Also: Nehemiah 12:6, Nehemiah 12:18, Nehemiah 12:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8098T; TAHOT Nehemiah 10:8 word 3
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehthese
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Nehemiah 10:8 word 4
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים\׃\ \סha.ko.ha.Nim[were] the priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Nehemiah 10:8 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Maaziah | → | מַעַזְיָהוּ H4590H Maaziah |
| Bilgai | → | בִּלְגַּי H1084 Bilgai |
| and Shemaiah | → | שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ H8098T Shemaiah |
| These [were] | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| the priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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